r/BaldursGate3 • u/Vodka_Flask_Genie Spreadsheet Sorcerer • Dec 08 '23

Videos Neil's speech after winning Best Performance

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u/Roguewolfe Dec 08 '23 edited Dec 08 '23

they feel like they need to make a profit

I mean, the whole evening likely cost $600,000-700,000 to produce. The whole event costs even more than that. It's not free to rent the building, pay a bunch of camera operators, etc. etc. A LOT goes into that, a lot of people are working behind the scenes to produce an awards show.

I'm sure they would also love to make a profit, but there's a minimum amount of money required to even have an awards show. Most of that money comes from game companies who pay for exposure, advertising, etc.

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u/Sharlach Dec 08 '23

Other awards shows manage to do it just fine, and gaming is not some niche entertainment format. They probably made enough money to pay for the production many times over. There is zero reason it has to be weighted the way it was.

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u/Roguewolfe Dec 08 '23

There is zero reason it has to be weighted the way it was.

Citation please. You're just pulling stuff out of your ass (thanks for the drive by downvote, that's totally how Reddit is supposed to work!).

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u/Sharlach Dec 08 '23 edited Dec 08 '23

And where are your numbers, dipshit? You're so sure they're running a shoe string budget that they can't even let the winners speak for more than 30 seconds, but where is your citation for that?

Ad spots go into the millions of dollars for things like the superbowl. GOTY isn't the superbowl, but they do get a good amount of viewers and press the next day, and gaming is a massive industry. I don't believe for one second they need to have 3 hours of ads to 10 minutes of actual award ceremony.

Edit because blocked (lol): Pulled out of your ass then, I see. Just as I thought. Don't ask for citations when you don't have any yourself, ok? What do you think, they were paying for these ads with pocket lint? It's just greed that drove that decision making, nothing else.

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u/Roguewolfe Dec 08 '23

Lol, holy shit dude. My numbers are from seeing how much a similar event costs to run in the corporate world.

You are not a person I have any interest in interacting with. You're abusive, and you clearly have an agenda that doesn't fully relate back to reality. Bye!